Israel is not a democracy by any means. Until Israel gives the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories the full rights of citizens (by the way Israeli textbooks ignore the Green Line or pre-'67 borders), then the analogy to South Africa is absolutely correct.
I grew up in GA when Carter was governor and the overriding characteristic of Carter, unlike most politicians, is his belief in justice and fairness. Without war or bombs, Carter freed over 50 hostages. Throughout his term it was the first time in 30 years that the US foreign policy started to side with the impoverished and oppressed: Philippines, Argentina, Rhodesia, Afghanistan, etc. This book on Israel is absolutely consistent with Carter's philosophy. What he is trying to do is to get Americans to admit their foreign policy hypocracy when dealing with Israel.
Why does Israeli expect that they can continually appropriate property from Palestinians and not receive a violent reaction from those taken off their land? Why can Israel have a nuclear bomb and no one else in the Middle East?
It is a US law that the federal government must stop all aid and military sales to any country that doesn't follow the non-proliferation treaty. Why is Israel an exception? US law forbids the use of US military equipment on civilian targets, yet in Lebanon and Gaza Israel does exactly that.
If Israel ever expects to live in peace with her neighbors, then they must address the "right of return", compensation of appropriated lands, and the utter poverty of her Arab population. Poverty breeds terrorism.
Extreme and oppressive Arab governments keep their power (Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya, etc.) in part because Israeli policies and US military actions destroy any basis for moderates in those countries. It is an old military strategy to keep your enemies at war among themselves (divide & conquer), and Israel and the US have used this policy in the Middle East for the past 50 years. It is time for a fundamental change and time for a real peace.
Israel is not a democracy by any means. Until Israel gives the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories the full rights of citizens (by the way Israeli textbooks ignore the Green Line or pre-'67 borders), then the analogy to South Africa is absolutely correct.
I grew up in GA when Carter was governor and the overriding characteristic of Carter, unlike most politicians, is his belief in justice and fairness. Without war or bombs, Carter freed over 50 hostages. Throughout his term it was the first time in 30 years that the US foreign policy started to side with the impoverished and oppressed: Philippines, Argentina, Rhodesia, Afghanistan, etc. This book on Israel is absolutely consistent with Carter's philosophy. What he is trying to do is to get Americans to admit their foreign policy hypocracy when dealing with Israel.
Why does Israeli expect that they can continually appropriate property from Palestinians and not receive a violent reaction from those taken off their land? Why can Israel have a nuclear bomb and no one else in the Middle East?
It is a US law that the federal government must stop all aid and military sales to any country that doesn't follow the non-proliferation treaty. Why is Israel an exception? US law forbids the use of US military equipment on civilian targets, yet in Lebanon and Gaza Israel does exactly that.
If Israel ever expects to live in peace with her neighbors, then they must address the "right of return", compensation of appropriated lands, and the utter poverty of her Arab population. Poverty breeds terrorism.
Extreme and oppressive Arab governments keep their power (Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya, etc.) in part because Israeli policies and US military actions destroy any basis for moderates in those countries. It is an old military strategy to keep your enemies at war among themselves (divide & conquer), and Israel and the US have used this policy in the Middle East for the past 50 years. It is time for a fundamental change and time for a real peace.